Cigar or cigarette holder



R. J. MAREK CIGAR OR CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Feb. 8. 1921 JP. J Va/"ele.

Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

entree stares RUDOLPH J. MAREK, OF LODGEPOLE, 'NEBRASKA.

CIGAR on CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Application filed. February 8 1921. Serial 110. 44.3344.

new and useful Improvements in Cigar or Cigarette Holders of which the following is a specification. 7 i

This invention relates to improvements in cigar and cigarette holders and bases its general object to provide means for ejecting from the holder the stump of a consumed or partly consumed cigar or cigarette whereby to obviate the necessity 'of using a knife or toothpick for this purpose as is ordinarily done. v Another object of the invention is to provide a cigar or cigarette holder with stumpeject-ing means which will not detractfrom the appearance of theholder and will {not interfere with the cigar or cigarette being properly fitted into the holder.

Another object of the invention is to'provide an ejector for a cigar or cigarette holder so constructed that after it has been actuated to eject the stump, it will be automatically caused to reassume its normal position without any further attention on the part of the user.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the ejecting means that it will not be liable to get out of order or become inoperative by being clogged with nicotine or ashes.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the ejector that the ejecting head will constitute a means for cleaning the holder tube and removing therefrom all accumulations of ashes, nicotine or tobacco oil, and particles of tobacco.

. In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder embodying the invention:

Figure 2 is a detail vertical longitudinal sectional View through the holder;

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View on the line 33 of Figure 2; t

Figure 4 is a similar view on the lin M of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the ejecting member separated from the holder tube.

The body of the holder is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and the mouthpiece by the numeral 2, the latter being provided with the usual smoke duct 3 extending longitudinally t-herethrough. The body 1 is the fornrof'a tube having an inner wall 4 and provided throughout the forward portionof its lengthwith an outer surrounding wall 5 unitedat its end in any suitable manner to the outer surface of the wall 4 and spaced from the said wall between its ends so as: to provide a surrounding chamber 6 in which portions of the ejector means are housed, as will presently be ez iplained. The wall 5 termihates short of the rear end of the wall 4, and the portion of the wall t rearwardly of the wall 5 is frictionally or otherwise fitted into a socket '4' formed in the forward end M mi oFFice,

of-the mouthpiece 2. At this point it may be stated that the tube coinpi'isingthe body 1 maybe formed from any material suitable for the purpose or from a composition or combination'of materials, and, if the same is formed from metal, the inner surface of the wall 4 may be lined or coated with bakelite'or anyothermaterial usually employed in the manufacture of cigar and cigarette holders. It will also be understood that the tube is open from end to end and that it is designed to have fitted into, its forward end thetip of a cigar or "cigarette to be held while being smoked,,and in order that the consumed or partly consumed tip or stump may be ejected in a convenient manner from thetube, an ejector means is provided which will now be described.

The ejector referred to above is most clearly shown in Figure 5 of the drawings and the same may be formed from sheet metal or any other material found suitable for the purpose and comprises a head 8 which is of substantially circular form and of a diameter slightly less than the interior diameter of the tube 4:, the head being'received within the tube and being movable backwardly and forwardly therein as will presently be explained. A shank 9 is con nected integrally or otherwise with the head 8 preferably at its periphery and extends forwardly from the said head and is bent back upon itself as at 10 to provide a portion 11 spaced from the connected portion of the shank and extending at its free end beyond the connected end of the first-described portion of the shank. The portion 11 of the ejector shank is provided with an upstanding finger piece 12 located near its rear end and in assembling the ejector with understood that by manipulating this fingerpiece, the ejector may be bodily slid in a forward direction so as to correspondingly move its head 8 in the tube 4 and thus eject from the tube a consumed or partly consumed tip or. stump of a cigar or cigarette held therein- When the ejector is retracted to the limit of its rearward movement, the bend 10 will seat against the forward edge of the wall of the tube 1 at the notch 13 and therefore no portion of the ejector except the fingerpiece 12 will protrude beyond the outer surface of the member 1 to render the holder unsightly. When the ejector is so positioned, its head 8 will be spaced in- .wardly from the forward end of the tube 4 a sufficient distance to permit of the insertion of a requisite length of'the cigar or cigarette in order that the same may be firmly held in the holder while being smoked. In order that the ejector maybe automatically retracted after it has been projected or slid in a forward direction to eject the stump, a tension spring 15 is coiled about the tube 4 and housed within the chamber 6 and connected at one end, as at 16, to the inner end of the portion 11 of the ejector shank and at its outer end as at 17 to either the wall 4 or the wall 5 or to both of these walls at their rear juncture.

From the foregoing it will be evident that by manipulating the fingerpiece 12, the

ejector head 8 may be moved forwardly in.

the tube 4 so as to eject the stump, and inasmuch as the periphery of this head lies relatively close to the inner surface of the wall of the tube, it will serve to remove from the wall anyashes, particles of tobacco, or accumulations of tobacco oil adhering to the wall. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: Y

In a cigar or cigarette holder, a tubula body having an inner and an outer wall defining an annular chamber, the outerlwall being provided with a longitudinal slot and the web connecting the forward ends'of the walls having a notch in alinement with said slot, an ejector comprising a head located within the body, a shank extending from the head longitudinally Within the body and back upon itself through the notch between the walls, a linger-piece carried by the lastmentioned portion of the shank and projecting through the longitudinal slot in the outer wall, and a retractile spring housed in the annular. chamber and connected to the end of the shank and the rear end wall of the chamber to yieldably hold the ejector retracted.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' RUDOLPH J. MAREK. [1,. 8.1 

